Finance Analyst

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Finance Analyst
About this role
This Finance Analyst role is intended to provide additional support to one of our most critical business areas during a period of significant investment and change. In this role you will be responsible for all month end activity for the Tech, Product and C&T (Change & Transformation) business areas as well as supporting the Senior FInance Business partner with reporting, Outlook, Budget and ad hoc analysis and requests.
You will have plenty of opportunity to interact with a wide range of business stakeholders up to a senior level and work closely with them on both BAU and ad hoc activities, being one of the faces of finance and an SME for opex and capex.
What you'll be doing

• Synthesizing and simplifying financial and non-financial data.

• Supporting any ad hoc requests that come from the UK Tech team.

• Supporting the business in the:
  
  • Completion of month end activity [e.g. journals, outlook & reporting]
  • Liaising with the business teams outside of month end to understand the outlook
  • Supporting the Budget & LTFP process
  • Increasing analytical output from the UK Finance team
  • Variance analysis
  • Capex tracking and forecasting
  • Depreciation analysis
• Work with team members and feed into monthly financials review (MFR) meetings
• Driving forward process improvement related activities for the benefit of the FP&A Central team and wider FP&A team.

How you'll be doing it

• Own, maintain and develop accurate journal workbooks.
• Competent use of all systems and applications relevant to the required outputs of the role (e.g. OneStream, GSuite, Microsoft Office)
• Using business knowledge to enable work to be focussed on finance priorities.
• Focusing on key risks and opportunities.
• Collaborating across finance teams to deliver business outcomes together.
• Investigating new technologies and tools and supporting process improvement workstreams.

What we're looking for

• Strong analytical skills e.g. working in gray space, deep dives on queries, accuracy, spotting errors and asking the right questions.
• Functional knowledge of accounting principles (e.g. P&L, budget & forecast etc).

• Communication - within and outside Finance. Tailoring written and verbal comms as appropriate.
• Relationship building and stakeholder management with teams internal and external to Finance.
• Ability to coordinate a complex set of inputs with different drivers, timelines and priorities and bring it together in a story.
• Continuous improvement and change agility mindset.
• Working collaboratively within and outside Finance, achieving together cross-functionally.

Experience and qualifications needed

• Ideally part qualified accountant or working towards a recognised accounting qualification.
• Previous Finance Analyst experience helpful but not essential.
• Experience or knowledge of opex and capex is helpful but not essential.

Where and how you'll work
This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office.
We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.
We're big on collaboration and connection, so you'll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.
What's in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you'll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance - with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit
We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it's about what you do, not just what you say. That's why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.
We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH - Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies
• OutFront - to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates
• Mind Your Mind - signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all
• Women in Tech - promoting an inclusive environment in tech
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
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Who We Are
At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.
Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.